A few months ago, I purchased a Razer Huntsman V3 Pro, A Razer Tarturus V2 Pro and a Razer Viper 8KHz.I have no other Razer products.
I have many questions regarding the Synapse 4 and Chroma software.
So many questions I will have to spilt them up into multiple separate posts.
This post pertains to the log files produced by Razer software.
Q1) Why are there so many log files?
Note: In the space of 3 months Razer software created 204 log files on my system. By what I have seen the number of log files will only increase.)
Q2) Why are there log files for devices that I do not own/have?
For example: I have no Razer audio devices, yet there are logs for Razer(?) audio products (RzAudioCapture_V1.0.27.0.log))
Q3) In relation to the previous question, why are log files for Razer devices that I do not have being written to and being updated, at all?
Q4) Why are these unnecessary log files even being created?
Q5) Why are some these unnecessary log files so large?
Note: Some of these unnecessary files are over 10 megabytes in size, and still being written to. This is a huge size for any ‘log’ file, never-mind unnecessary log files.
Q5) Exactly what data is being written to these unnecessary log files?
Note: I mentioned the, over 10 MB, unnecessary log file ‘RzAudioCapture_V1.0.27.0.log’. If I open this log file to view the contents, the contents show times and events. Times and events for Razer devices that do not exist. These files are essentially meaningless to the user and clearly only for Razer’s use.
Q6) Is the Razer software logging non-Razer devices, and if so, why?
For example: Logging my PCs audio devices (none of which are Razer devices).
Q7) What does Razer do with the data stored in these unnecessary log files?
Q8) I am sure Razer is aware that SSD and NVME drives have a limited life, dependant on what data is written to them. What effect does creating and updating these unnecessary log files have on SSD and NVME drives?
Q9) I have not changed any settings on my Razer devices recently, therefore nothing has changed, yet the Razer software logs are still being created and updated. If nothing has changed, why are new log files being created and why are log files still being updated?
Q10) I have not changed any settings on my Razer devices recently, therefore nothing has changed, yet the Razer software logs are still being created and updated. If nothing has changed, what effect does creating and updating these hundreds of log files have on my SSD/NVME drive?
Q11) How would Razer describe the efficiency of their software if it requires so many log files?
Q12) Why is there no option in the Razer software to (completely) disable logs and are there any plans to add a disable logs option?
Q13) I have just checked my main (Windows) disk for log files. There is a total of 1478 log files. I then used the - Windows Disk Cleanup utility, this reduced the number of log files down to 1097. There are still over 200 log files in the ‘C:\[USER_NAME]\AppData\Local\Razer\RazerAppEngine\User Data\Logs’ folder. That means that the Razer logs are nearly 20% of ALL logs on my system. The other logs on my system are Windows logs, application logs (over 100 applications, not including Windows apps), installer logs and other (non-Razer) hardware logs. How does Razer explain all these Razer log files?
Note: The Razer software is creating more log files than my entire OS – Windows 10 Pro, and I could disable those logs if I wanted!
Q14) I can manually delete all the Razer log files (in windows safe mode), but obviously the files will only be re-created. I have made the ‘Logs’ folder read-only, I have made all the log files read-only, but the Razer software still creates/writes log files. What method do I use to disable ALL the log files created by Razer software?
I am sure most or maybe all of the above sounds like I am trolling. I am not, I simply require functional software, not bloatware. I’m on Windows, so bloatware removal became a necessity years ago, I don’t need any more bloatware.
I have never liked the idea of data collection, especially when it comes to my ‘personal’ computer. I don’t know if that is what is going on here, but it is beginning to look like it.
I have never seen software that logs so much, not anywhere near this amount, and I have been using PCs for nearly 40 years. I have to question the point of all these log files. I have a feeling that none of them are necessary. These log files are at very best the result of questionable and poor programming.
I just want a fully functional keyboard etc. with efficient and fully functional software.